Intoxicating Agenda.

The City Council Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet this evening in the Police Station at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda includes consideration of regulations concerning the licensing of establishments selling liquor by the drink. The City currently has no fees for operation of such businesses although the State issues licenses.

Discussion at the last meeting indicates the Committee will recommend a regular license fee between $50 and $75, a separate Sunday license fee of $300, which is the highest allowed by the State, and hours of operation matching those of packaged liquor stores. The Committee has requested information regarding the possibility of limiting the number of licenses issued.

The agenda also includes a consideration of a conflict in the City and State regulations concerning bars selling intoxicating liquor being open on Super Bowl Sunday.

City Code currently allows exception when New Year’s Eve falls on a Sunday, but makes no mention of other holidays. The State allows exception for the Super Bowl, St. Patrick’s, July 4th and others.

It may be time ta start seriously considerin’ an alternative heating arrangement. Suddenly I’m tryin’ to remember where I stored all those Mother Earth magazines.

I see some are lookin’ at electric space heaters as a way to control heated space. The problem is that most power plants are converted to natural gas now. The high prices for gas are goin’ ta drive electric costs up also. That’s the fix California is in now.

It is a reassurin’ to know we have an electrical generatin’ plant here in town. It can use gas or fuel oil so we’re sittin’ ‘bout as good as anybody.

I’m figurin’ on seein’ more of those solar panels go up like in the seventies. That and the sale of long johns should see a radical increase.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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Workman's Loan

Natural Nutrition

by Al Carrell & Kelly Carrell

Dear Kelly: I love my rock fireplace, but the stones were starting to look dull, so I decided to try to enhance the color and clean them up.

I mixed two parts of boiled linseed oil with one part turpentine. Then I put the container with the mixture into a large pan of hot water to warm it up a bit. I wiped the mixture on the stones with a rag and then wiped off the excess. It’s been a couple of months now, and friends are still remarking how great it looks. - S. A.

As turpentine and boiled linseed oil are flammable, keep them away from flames. Use rubber gloves, and allow for plenty of ventilation. Also, to be on the safe side, rinse the stones after you’ve cleaned them, and then wait a day or so before using the fireplace.

Dear Al: Sometimes when I try to use my old masking tape, it is too dry and sticks to itself and makes a real mess. I have found that you can revive a roll of tape in a microwave. A few seconds on high, and your tape will act like new again. It also works on electrical tape and the white tape used for bandaging. - P. A.

Just make sure the tape dispenser isn’t made of metal.

Dear Al & Kelly: Sometimes when I am drilling or cutting a hole in a narrow board, I find that the wood splits. I have tried, and proved that you can put clamps around the narrow board to hold the sides together when you cut, and that way the wood is much less likely to split. - C. P.